Inkwell



Feb. 5 19240 1,482,863

A. PIORKOWSKI INKWELL Filed Feb. 28, 1922 IN VEN TOR ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 5, 1924. I

ANTOINE PIGBKOVJSKI, OF SOIEFIRS, (JGNNECTICUT.

INKWELL.

Application filed. February 28, 1922. Serial No. 539,818.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, A 'roNr Pronnowsnr,

a citizen of Poland, residing at Somers, in

the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkwells, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an ink stand of simple design having interior elements adapted to prevent spilling of ink should the stand be inadvertently overturned.

Another object is the provisionof means for preventing the pen from being immersed or dipped too deeply into the ink.

A further object is the means provided for removing and returning to the reservoir any surplus of ink carried on the pen when it is withdrawn from the well of the stand.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure. and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of an ink stand made in accordance with the invention, showing the ink valve in closed position.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view showing the ink stand valve depressed by a pen point.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the numeral designates, in general, an ink stand integral inall its parts, cylindrical in shape and provided with a conically depressed top 11. Interiorly of the stand and integral with the bottonn is an upwardly projecting central boss 12, widened at the top and formed with an outwardly curved, cone-shaped interior recess or well 13, below which is a downwardly continuing cylindrical recess 14.

The reservoir 15, within the stand, is so proportioned with respectto the inside diameter, that in the event of the stand being overturned, suflicient capacity is provided to prevent any overflow of ink thru the pen orifice 16, formed at the lower inner edge of the depressed top element 11, said element acting to receive any drips from the pen or upper part of the ink stand and return the1 1same to the reservoir through the inking we Slidably operating within the annular recess 14- is a disc 17 provided on its upper face with a conical depression 18 adapted to receive the end of a pen.

The disc 17 is preferably made of rubber or like pliable material is normally held in engagement against the ledge 19, shown accentuated in the drawing formed at the juncture of the recesses 13 and 14, by a coiled compression spring 20 acting between the underside of the disc 17 and the bottom of the recesses 14.

Small by-passes 21 are formed thru the central boss 12 below the shoulder 19 for the passage of ink.

By referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that when the disc 17 is held in normal posi tion against the ledge 19, by the spring 20, the by-passes 21 are closed by the disc in the manner of a valve and that the ink 22, in the reservoir 15, is cut off from the conical recess 13.

Referring now to Figure 4., showing a pen holder 23 with which is secured a pen 2 1, the same passing thru the orifice 16, guided by the curved sides of the recess 13 into the depression 18 and forcing the disc 17 downwardly, depressing the same and allowing the ink to flow into the recess 13, supplying ink to the pen, which, on being with drawn, may be wiped against the edge 16 and any surplus of ink removed and allowed to drop back into the recess 13.

As the pen is withdrawn, the disc 17 is returned to normal position by the spring 20 and a small quantity of ink is carried upward and remains in the recess '13 at the general level of the ink.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a practical, efficient ink stand has been devised that overcomes the inherent defects incident to ink stands heretofore constructed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fountain ink stand comprising an integral cylindrical casing having a reservoir enterable thru the top, a well formed in the casing bottom having a by-pass in the well thereof, and a disc valve slidable in the lower portion of the well, adapted to close the said by-pass when in normal position, permitting ink to flow into the well when the disc is forced downwardly.

2. A fountain ink stand comprising an integral hollow casing having a top depressed at the center, an annular raised boss integral with and extending upwardly from the center of the casing bottom a well having outwardly curved sides forming an inverted cone, there being an annular recess below said well having by-passes connecting therewith, and a spring pressed disc operative in the mentioned recess, said disc 10 having a pen receiving depression.

3. A fountain ink stand comprising a cylindrical reservoir having a depressed top containing a central orifice, an inking Well below said top, h y-passes communicating between said well and said reservoir, a disc valve operable in the Well, means for manually opening the by-pass, means for auto; matically closing said by-pass, and means whereby said surplus ink is returned to the reservoir thru said inking well.

In witness whereof I afiix my signature.

ANTONI PIORKOWSKI. 

